Improvement in wagon-spring attachments



R. & .T. DOTY.

WAGON SPRING Ammcaumr'r.

No.180,854. Patented. Aug. 8, 1876.

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REUBEN DOTY AND JOSEPH DOTY, OF WELLSVILLE, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN WAGON-SPRING ATTACHMENTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 180,854, dated August8, 1876; application filed March 6, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we,-REUBEN DOTY and JOSEPH Do'rY, of Wellsville, in thecounty of Allegany and State of New York, have in- .vented a new anduseful Improvement in Wagon-Spring Attachment, of which the following isa specification:

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 represents a perspective view ofour improved attachment to a wagon-spring, showing connection to body ofwagon and Figs. 2 and 3 are, respectively, front and side views of theattachment.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Our invention relates to an improved device for attaching thewagon-springs to the cross bars of the body, the same being made in onepiece, and combining shackle and cap in a cheap, durable, and strongmanner.

The invention consists of a combination of cap and shackle in one solidpiece, to connect the front ends of the springs of a platformspring-wagon to the cross-bar.

In the drawing, A represents a solid casting of malleable iron-that is,made of top plates a, for being attached to the under side of the bodyof a platform spring-wagon, of an oblong band, b, for inclosing the endof the spring-bar or cross-piece, and of downwardextending lugs 61, thatform the connectingsame and to the carriage-body; but the device isstronger and. more durable in every respect with the top plate in onepiece with the lower part.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and. desireto secure by Letters Patent, is-

An improved device for attaching springs to wagon-body, composed of atop plate, a cross-bar, encircling clip or band, and downward-extendinglugs, to form shackles for springs, the whole made in one piece,substantially as specified.

REUBEN DOTY. JOSEPH DOTY.

Witnesses:

O. S. BALL, 9 JOHN J. S. LEE.

